OSCE Youth Summit opens in Ukraine Ukraine doubles power

U
krainian President Viktor Yanukovych has congratulated
William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
on the occasion of birth of their first child. “In view of this
important event in the royal family I sincerely wish you to
feel the whole joy of fatherhood, and your son - good health and a happy
childhood. I believe that in the future he will also faithfully serve his people,
as well as all the generations of Windsor,” Viktor Yanukovych said.
also in this issue:
OSCE Youth Summit
opens in Ukraine
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Ukraine doubles
power output by
renewable sources
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International Film
Festival held in Odessa
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Ukraine Digest, Thursday, July 25, 2013
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diplomacy
UNITED STATES Supports
Ukraine’s Foreign Policy
U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine
John Tefft said that United
States sees Ukraine’s future
in Europe but understands
that Russia remains its
important neighbour and
trade partner
J
ohn Tefft, U.S.
Ambassador in
Ukraine believes
that Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovych
follows the right foreign policy vector. This was stated
during his interview while
referencing the popular discussion issue on Ukraine’s
choosing between the European Union and the Customs
Union, as reported by Den
newspaper.
The U.S. sees Ukraine’s
future in Europe but understands that Russia remains
its important neighbour and
trade partner, said Ambassador Tefft during his interview.
He reiterated that the U.S.
followed the constant foreign policy debate in Ukraine
about what path to choose.
“The president chose what
I think is the right policy Ukraine should be a part of
Europe, while trying to maintain good relations with Russia. The U.S. does not have
any objection to that,” said
Tefft.
“But when it comes to
choosing a particular union,
or when it comes to customs
and other economic issues,
the EU, in my opinion, holds
great promise,” said the U.S.
diplomat.
On May 13, 2013, United
States Secretary of State John
Kerry addressed Ukraine’s
drive toward European integration adding: “and we
are particularly committed
to helping Ukraine work to
become a prosperous European democracy, and we appreciate their commitment to
that.”
Notably, on May 29, 2013,
the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council - the governing body of the Customs
Union of Kazakhstan, Rus-
sia, and Belarus - has agreed
to grant Ukraine an observer
status. Viktor Yanukovych
assures that this do not
contradict Ukraine’s WTO
membership and the strategic course toward European
integration through the Association Agreement and the
establishment of a deep and
comprehensive free trade
area with the EU.
In the meantime, Ukraine
focuses on fulfilling the cri-
pressed on behalf of Prince
Michael sincere gratitude
to the President of Ukraine
Viktor Yanukovych, Prime
Minister Mykola Azarov and
other high-ranking officials
for the assistance provided to
Air Squadron members during their stay in Ukraine.
According to Mr. Chance,
Prince Michael was deeply
touched by the hospitality of
Ukrainians in all cities where
events were held with the
participation of the Squadron. The parties also touched
upon further prospects of
new projects in the area of bilateral cooperation.
Volodymyr Khandogiy
met with the Member
of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the
European Parliament
Charles Tannock
On 19 July the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK
Volodymyr Khandogiy held a
meeting with the Member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Dr. Charles Tannock.
During the meeting, the
Ambassador informed the
British MEP on the progress
achieved by our country in
implementing comprehensive reforms as well as relevant
teria required for signing the
Association Agreement and
the free trade zone agreement
with the EU. All branches of
the government, as well as
the opposition and civil society will have to coordinate
their efforts in order to reach
a success, concluded President Yanukovych during his
meeting with Vice-President
of the European Parliament
Jacek Protasiewicz earlier this
year.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych met with
United States President Barack Obama on the Nuclear
Security Summit, April 12, 2010 in Washington, DC.
embassy news
The Ambassador of
Ukraine to the UK held a
meeting with the Private
Secretary to HRH Prince
Michael
On 19 July the Ambassador
of Ukraine to the UK Volodymyr Khandogiy held a meeting with Nicholas Chance
LVO, Private Secretary to His
Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO.
They discussed the results
of the successful joint project
with the participation of historic aviation club Air Squadron patronized by HRH
Prince Michael.
Nicholas Chance ex-
recommendations necessary
for the signing Association
Agreement between Ukraine
and the European Union.
Special attention at the
meeting was devoted to new
opportunities for all sides after provisional application of
the Deep and Comprehensive
Free Trade Area which is inseparable part of the Association Agreement.
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energy
The National Committee for Power Generation has
issued licenses to six new solar power generation plants
with a total installed capacity of 16.58 MW
Ukraine doubles power
output by renewable sources
U
kraine has more
than doubled
power generation by renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and biofuel
power plants, in the first half
of the year, the Energy and
Coal Industry Ministry reported on July 19.
Ukraine generated 581.4
GWh of power by renewable sources in January-June,
compared with 266.2 GWh
generated in the same period a year ago, the ministry
said.
The figures underscore
the government’s strategy of
reducing reliance on the use
of imported Russian natural
gas for power generation to
improve the country’s energy security.
Ukraine’s
renewable
power generation was growing faster than conventional
power generation over the
past 12 months, increasing
to 0.6% of the total power
generation in January-June,
compared with 0.3% in January-June 2012, according
to the ministry.
The government has
forecast the renewable
sources will be generating
up to 11% of the country’s
power by 2020, in line with
its commitments after joining of the European Energy
Community in 2010.
The data comes as the National Committee for Power
Generation, the country’s
energy sector regulator,
has issued licenses to six
new solar power generation
plants with a total installed
capacity of 16.58 MW.
The plants include Sambir solar power plant in
the Lviv region bordering
the European Union with
capacity of 1.08 MW that
will eventually increase to 5
MW, according to the committee.
Other plants include
ElitBudDonbas LLC in
Donetsk region with capacity of 1 MW; Solar Kvant
LLC in Donetsk region with
capacity of 2 MW; Rengy
Tomashpol and Rengy Bershad, both in the Vinnytsia
region with capacities of 4.5
MW and 7 MW, respectively; and Atlas Energy LLC in
Kherson region with capacity of 1 MW, according to
the committee.
expert opinion
U
kraine’s gas transport
system and its underground gas storage
facilities ensure certain
energy security in the situation with
interrupted gas supply not only in
Ukraine, but also in Europe.
British energy market expert David
Clarke said this in an interview with
the BTB television channel, while
commenting on Ukraine’s plans
regarding the construction of an LNG
terminal.
“Europe is very concerned about
its energy security, and gas storage
facilities give us a guarantee and
insurance against interrupted supply
for some time.... Europe is also very
anxious because of Ukraine’s energy
security as it understands how everything is interconnected,” Clarke said.
He said that the halt to gas supplies to Europe in 2009 showed “how
a dense network of mutual relations
permeates European energy security.”
“So Europeans are eager to work
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Ukrainian gas storage
facilities important to EU
with Ukraine, strengthen Ukraine’s
gas storage capacity, assist in energy
security issues and provide a link
to the European system, and thus
Ukrainian gas storage facilities will
play an important role not only for
the country itself, but also for the
EU,” Clarke said.
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economy
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European union Gives Green Light
to Ukrainian Poultry Export
U
krainian producers will
which demonstrated that the compeexport poultry to the
tent veterinary authority of that third
European Union starting country provides sufficient guarJuly 24, 2013. This is the
antees as regards compliance with
date when the updated list of Ukrain- Union rules for animal and public
ian companies that are eligible to
health for import into the Union of
export produce to the EU will enter
the products referred to above.”
into force.
Since then Ukraine has been carryNow, Ukraine can annually export ing out inspections of domestic poulabout 50,000 tons of
poultry meat to the EU
according to the agreed
Ukrainian enterprises received
quota.
permission to export the readyReportedly, Ukraine
made food products and not just the
has the potential to inraw materials to the EU consumers
crease its export volume
of poultry meat to the
EU tenfold. Yet, Ukraine’s
export efforts will face high import
try producers verifying their complitariffs, since it is not an EU member
ance with the requirements of the
state.
EU legislation. Ukraine has already
On December 4, 2012, the Europe- submitted the list of domestic poultry
an Commission’s Directorate General exporters to the EU for approval.
for Health and Consumer Protection
Earlier, the Minister of Agriculturvoted to include Ukraine into the list
al Policy and Food Mykola Prysyazhof third countries eligible to export
nyuk said that Ukraine’s inclusion
poultry products to the EU. Their
in the list of countries authorized to
decision was based on the summary
export poultry products to the EU,
report of the Standing Committee on was the result of four years of work.
the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The output of domestic products
released on July 18, 2012. It indicated in the new market will strengthen
that the “Commission experts carried Ukraine’s position in the world as an
out several inspections in Ukraine
agricultural state.
Ukraine to export
no less than 50,000
tons of poultry
meat to EU market
This year, Ukraine will export 50,000
tons of poultry meat to the markets of
the European Union countries.
Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk (pictured)
told a press conference on July 23.
“This year, we will export no less
than 50,000 tons of poultry meat to
the European market,” the government member has said.
Every year, the supply volumes
to external markets will grow, he
stressed.
At the same time, the Minister
noted that according to the Ministry’s
forecast, Ukraine will reduce import
of dietetic meat twofold in 2013.
To remind, from July 24 this year,
four Ukrainian poultry enterprises
will start export of their products to
the EU, these are PJSC Myronivska
Poultry Farm, Myronivsky Meat Processing Plant Lehko, LLC Agromars
and LLC Sniatynska Nova Poultry
Farm.
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society
children’s ideas and wishes on international security and integration.
The purpose of the summit is to
introduce children and young people
with the activities of the OSCE in politico-military, economic and human
dimensions, as well as with the existing tools to overcome the challenges
and threats to security and stability in
the OSCE area of responsibility.
Nearly 10 thousand children from
90 countries stayed in Artek for the
International Children Festival during its 12-year-long history. This year,
young people from Andorra, Ireland,
Spain, Slovakia, South Korea and
Senegal have arrived in Crimea for
the first time.
The festival will be held until August 1.
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speech stressed on the important role
of the young people in facing serious
and important tasks of the OSCE.
“We are convinced that youth
participation can bring added value
to the OSCE in order to achieve the
goals and purposes of the Organization. Young people should be given a
voice,” Leonid Kozhara said. “Young
people clearly have a role to play in
challenging discrimination and in
promoting diversity, mutual respect
and understanding”.
Hundreds of talented boys and
girls are going to learn how to do
good things during simulation games,
meetings with experts, discussions
and actions. The representatives of
the Ukrainian government and the
OSCE Secretary General will listen to
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T
he Crimea-based International Children’s Center
“Artek” opened its doors
to the participants and
guests of the ХІІ International Children Festival “Let’s Change the World
for the Better” on July 20. Young people from 62 countries, British youth
among them, are taking part in the
OSCE Youth Summit, which is held
within the framework of the festival
to mark the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship.
The official opening ceremony of
the summit was attended by honourable representatives of the OSCE and
other international guests.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Ukraine,
OSCE-Chairman-in-Office Leonid Kozhara in his opening
A delegation of ten
children from Great Britain
is visiting “Artek” this
year. This became possible
due to the partnership of
the Embassy of Ukraine in
London and the Chernobyl
Relief Foundation in the
UK.
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art & culture
T
he 4-th Odessa
Int e r n at i o n a l
Film
Festival
Closing
Ceremony was held in The
Odessa National Theatre of
Opera and Ballet on July 20.
By the results of the public
vote, Alexander Veledinsky’s
film “The Geographer Drank
His Globe Away” won the
OIFF Main Award – Grand
Prix. The International Jury
with Alexander Rodnyansky
at its head also announced
the winners in the Best Film,
Best director and Best Acting
nominations.
For the first time the Golden Duke for Best Ukrainian
Feature Film was handed on
the Opera House stage to the
directors of the biopic “Paradjanov”.
The Red Carpet before the
Odessa Opera House traditionally gathered all honorary
guests of the festival. The participants in the festival competition programs – directors
Ihor Podolchak (“Dellirium”),
Valentyn Vasyanovych (“Credenza”), Alisa Pavlovskaya
(“I Don’t Wanna Die”), Craig
Viveiros (“The Liability”),
Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß (“In Bloom”),
Alexander Veledinsky and
producer Valeriy Todorovsky
(“The Geographer Drank His
Globe Away”); Russian ac-
ally, Odessa mayor Olexiy
Kostusev, Head of Odessa
Oblast State Administration
Eduard Matviychuk, Head
of the Ukrainian State Film
Agency Kateryna Kopylova
and members of Ukrainian
National Film Award Jury attended the 4-th OIFF closing.
Special guests of the Closing
tors Alexander Kuznetsov and
Olga Kabo, and also the creative team of the film “Eternal
Homecoming” headed by
Kira Muratova walked along
the Red Carpet. Tradition-
Ceremony – Nonna Grishayeva, actress and TV-host, Ostap
Stupka, Ukrainian actor, native Odessa citizen Mikhail
Zhvanetskiy, writer, and all
members of the International
For more information, please, contact
Oksana Kyzyma,
Press Secretary of the Embassy of
Ukraine to the UK
Competition Jury – Andriy
Kurkov, Ukrainian writer,
Tanya Seghatchian, British
film producer, Franziska Petri,
German actress, Nana Djordjadze, Cannes Award winner
and Alexander Rodnyansky,
successful producer, closed the
Red Carpet procession.
Screening of “A Castle in
Italy”, the film nominated
for Palme d’Or award at the
Cannes Film Festival closed
the 4-th Odessa International
Film Festival. The partially
autobiographic picture by director, scriptwriter and actress
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi is a story of a family decadence set in
an acient family mansion.
After the end of the awarding ceremony at the press
briefing Viktoria Tigipko
noted that number of visits
increased by 15% this year and
that OIFF plans to expand the
festival locations. OIFF president also announced the date
of the 5th Odessa Film Festival
- it will be held from 11 till 19
July 2014.
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